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LEAF Conference 2025
Profit, Risk & Transformation: Global perspectives around climate change adaption, the role of agri-tech and finance to create the enabling conditions for change.
Profit, Risk & Transformation.
When: Thursday 6th February 2025
Where: BNP Paribas UK Headquarters, 10 Harewood Avenue, London, NW1 6AA
Time: 9:30 to 16:00 GMT (Arrival from 9am)
Cost: Tickets are £42 for LEAF members or £90 for general admission
LEAF Members will have received a discount code via email
Tickets are inclusive of VAT and are non-transferable
The LEAF Conference 2025 will bring together top industry thought leaders, academics and farmers to share the latest insights into the specific nature of the risks farmers are facing into – both in UK and globally, and the priorities and inevitable trade-offs they are going to have to make.
Chaired by BBC broadcaster and journalist, Tom Heap, our hybrid conference is often over-subscribed, so early booking is recommended.
Our Speakers
Keynote:
Dr Douglas Gurr
Director, The Natural History Museum.
Sarah Bradbury
CEO, The Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD).
Panel One: Climate Change Adaption
Very significant global climatic changes are imminent within the next decade. Delve into the global perspectives on risk, mitigation and investment prioritisation within commercial farming systems.
Andrew Bruem
CEO, SoilCQuest.
Andrew Francis
Managing Director, Home Farm.
Professor Carol Wagstaff
Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research (Agriculture Food and Health), University of Reading.
Alison Ward
CEO, CottonConnect.
Panel Two: Technology Transformation
Gain insights into how farmers can select the right deliverables from technology to optimise both environmental and commercial impact. What are the specific technologies that are going to have the biggest impact in the short possible amount of time?
Simon Pearson
Professor of Agri-Food Technology Research, University of Lincoln.
Phil Bicknell
CEO, Agritech.
Liz Bowles
Chief Executive Officer, Farm Carbon Toolkit.
Nick and Lucy Tyler
Kingsplay Farming Co Ltd.
Panel Three: Creating the Enabling Conditions for Change
Explore the role of the financial services sector in accelerating more regenerative global farming and food systems at pace and scale. How do we ensure all actors work together?
Grace O’Dwyer
Interim Head of Agricultural Banking UK, HSBC UK.
Tatjana Greil-Castro
Muzinich & Co.
Nick Evans
Managing Director, Oxbury Bank.
Fireside Chat
Hear more about some of the significant structural challenges, complexities and opportunities associated with sector wide transition. How can industry implement the changes needed?
Jonathan Armitage
Head of Farming and Natural Capital, Strutt & Parker.
Diana Overton
Managing Director at Frontier Agriculture.
Tom Green
LEAF Marque Chairman.
“Seeing the number of people from a variety of different backgrounds, have a voice and the ability to ask a question in this sort of forum is invaluable.” LEAF Conference 2024 delegate.
Watch the highlights from our 2024 conference below:
Our grateful thanks to Strutt & Parker, Oxbury Bank and Frontier for kindly supporting this event.
